Lorne
The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
Susan Morrison
- **NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- The
- definitive
- biography
- of
- Lorne
- Michaels,
- the
- man
- behind
- America’s
- most
- beloved
- comedy
- show“The
- kind
- of
- biographical
- monument
- usually
- consecrated
- to
- founding
- fathers,
- canonical
- authors
- and
- world-historical
- scientific
- geniuses.”—The
- New
- York
- Times
- (Editors’
- Choice)“Readers
- are
- treated
- to
- the
- Holy
- Grail
- for
- any
- journalist
- hoping
- to
- crack
- the
- show:
- a
- warts-and-all
- week
- in
- the
- life
- of
- SNL,
- where
- Morrison
- gets
- to
- see
- the
- real
- process
- of
- putting
- the
- thing
- together.”—Variety**Over
- the
- fifty
- years
- that
- Lorne
- Michaels
- has
- been
- at
- the
- helm
- of
- Saturday
- Night
- Live,
- he
- has
- become
- a
- revered
- and
- inimitable
- presence
- in
- the
- entertainment
- world.
- He’s
- a
- tastemaker,
- a
- mogul,
- a
- withholding
- father
- figure,
- a
- genius
- spotter
- of
- talent,
- a
- shrewd
- businessman,
- a
- name-dropper,
- a
- raconteur,
- the
- inspiration
- for
- Dr.
- Evil,
- the
- winner
- of
- more
- than
- a
- hundred
- Emmys—and,
- essentially,
- a
- mystery.
- Generations
- of
- writers
- and
- performers
- have
- spent
- their
- lives
- trying
- to
- figure
- him
- out,
- by
- turns
- demonizing
- and
- lionizing
- him.
- He’s
- “Obi-Wan
- Kenobi”
- (Tracy
- Morgan),
- the
- “great
- and
- powerful
- Oz”
- (Kate
- McKinnon),
- “some
- kind
- of
- very
- distant,
- strange
- comedy
- god”
- (Bob
- Odenkirk).Lorne
- will
- introduce
- you
- to
- him,
- in
- full,
- for
- the
- first
- time.
- With
- unprecedented
- access
- to
- Michaels
- and
- the
- entire
- SNL
- apparatus,
- Susan
- Morrison
- takes
- readers
- behind
- the
- curtain
- for
- the
- lively,
- up-and-down,
- definitive
- story
- of
- how
- Michaels
- created
- and
- maintained
- the
- institution
- that
- changed
- comedy
- forever.Drawn
- from
- hundreds
- of
- interviews—with
- Michaels,
- his
- friends,
- and
- SNL’s
- iconic
- stars
- and
- writers,
- from
- Will
- Ferrell
- to
- Tina
- Fey
- to
- John
- Mulaney
- to
- Chris
- Rock
- to
- Dan
- Aykroyd—Lorne
- is
- a
- deeply
- reported,
- wildly
- entertaining
- account
- of
- a
- man
- singularly
- obsessed
- with
- the
- show
- that
- would
- define
- his
- life
- and
- have
- a
- profound
- impact
- on
- American culture.
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